By Dr Conway McLean, DABFAS, FAPWHc Technology may not have all the answers (where are the hover boards of Back to the Future?) but many wondrous inventions have been manifested by modern man. Some directions for new technologies may be questionable but when it comes to medicine, numerous ...
The medical specialty of pediatrics is defined as offering medical care to infants and children. Because it is less than 200 years old, pediatrics is a relatively young medical specialty, when compared to the history of many other medical specialties. Prior to the development of pediatrics, ...
Injuries can happen to anyone, but certain activities entail much higher risk. Think of a firefighter as opposed to the hazards of a secretary. There are obstacles of various sorts for most of us, from a patch of black ice to a broken bottle on the street. Professional athletes are prone to ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first combination test for flu and C OVID-19 that can be used at home, giving consumers an easy way to determine if a runny nose is caused by either disease. The Lucira COVID-19 & Flu Home test, which can be ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third and almost last chapter in a series about artificial intelligence and its future role in medicine. This chapter begins with a fictional story and ends with two thought-provoking questions for you to consider. At a dinner party with her friends, Judith ...
As America ages, the aches and pains of life become more frequent, a veritable chorus of complaints, sung daily in clinics across the land. Even the slightest injury, whether recent or decades old, has the potential to haunt us, making every step painful. Regardless of the body part, they are ...
